BROWNS SUMMIT — A body found in the woods here Monday has been identified as a woman missing since May.

Nancy Twyman Jenkins, 57, was reported missing by family members on May 31. Her body, decomposed to the point only bones remained, was found by deer hunters in the woods at 5755 Turner-Smith Road, about a quarter-mile west of N.C. 61. Jenkins lived at 5760 Turner-Smith Road.

Maj. Tom Sheppard of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said the state medical examiner in Chapel Hill identified the body Tuesday using dental records. A forensic dentist confirmed Wednesday the body was that of Jenkins.

Sheppard said the medical examiner wasn’t able to determine a cause of death through the autopsy. He said a more thorough examination of the body will follow, with each bone examined for possible evidence as to the cause of death.

Officers spent much of Monday searching for bones, which they said had been scattered by animals.

Efforts to reach members of Jenkins’ family were unsuccessful. The family created a Facebook page — Help find Nancy Jenkins — that has been in place several months. As of late Wednesday afternoon, no updates as to its status had been added since Christmas Day.

Jenkins’ family members reported her missing after she failed to show up to babysit her granddaughter in Alamance County. She had reportedly moved in with her boyfriend about a month before she disappeared. She didn’t take any personal items — cellphone, purse or wallet — with her and her truck remained at her residence.

Jenkins’ daughter, Jami Jenkins, told the Times-News at the time of her mother’s disappearance that it wasn’t like her not to show up to babysit her 17-month-old granddaughter.

Investigators said at the time of Jenkins’ disappearance that her house and surrounding property were searched, and a police dog was brought in to help. Information about her disappearance was entered into a national database for missing persons.

Family members said in June that Jenkins’ husband, Charles Jenkins, was killed in a motorcycle wreck on Oct. 31, 2008, on N.C. 87, about a mile south of Graham. They said Jenkins continued to struggle with her husband’s death until the time of her disappearance.